The present is a bit of a washout, but this festival shows us a future where we'll still face many problems - clones, robots, aliens, killer computers - which are at least more interesting than being skint. Guests include Marc Caro, 2000AD artist Kevin O'Neill and Corey McAbee, who'll unveil his latest space-cowboy-musical Stingray Sam. Add in new international releases and all-nighters on Star Trek, anime, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and Italian horror and you've got a future you'll be happy not to have to wait for.